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On June 2, 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers of the State of Latvia decided that from June 3, 2020 the list of countries from which immigrants do not have to comply with the 14-day self-isolation will be expanded. For Latvian citizens, permanent residents and foreigners who have not visited countries other than Latvia, Lithuania or...

The borders of Estonia and Lithuania are reopened since the 1st of June, 2020 to passengers arriving from European countries. Estonia and Lithuania will admit people with no corona symptoms arriving from the European Union, the members of the Schengen area or the United Kingdom. But: The compulsory quarantine for people arriving in Estonia depends...

On March 17, 2020, airBaltic had to stop all scheduled flights on instructions from the Latvian authorities. Rīga International Airport was completely closed to civil aviation. Rīga is the hub for airBaltic. Since May 18, 2020, the borders within the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been reopened to residents of these states. airBaltic’s regular...

It is not planned to extend the emergency situation in Latvia related to the COVID-19 pandemic beyond June 9, but various restrictions could still be maintained after this date. That’s what Latvia’s Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said in an interview showed in Latvia’s TV3 television. “We plan the emergency until June 9, then we also...

Anyone who initially believed that the restrictions imposed by the corona virus would only apply for a short period of time were very wrong. Due to the COVID-19, the emergency situation in Latvia has been extended until June 9th, 2020. But for now the strict restrictions set in advance have been relaxed much more comparable to...

In a virtual press conference on April 22, 2020, Kaspars Rozkalns, the head of the Latvian State Investment and Development Agency LIIA, made the statement that the corona crisis will reduce exports of the small European country by 20 to 30 percent compared to to last year. At the same conference, Latvian Minister of Economy Janis...

Zolitūde is a neighborhood of the Latvian capital Rīga, which is located several kilometers west of the left bank of the Daugava River, the so-called Pārdaugava. The neighborhood belongs to the suburb of Zemgale. In Zolitūde almost 20,000 people live in an area of less than 3 square kilometers. This district is mostly characterized by...

Skanste is a neighborhood in Rīga, it is located in the center of Riga, but administratively belongs to the Vidzeme suburb. It is the most modern part of the Latvian capital and is characterized by multi-storey apartment buildings. The landmark of this neighborhood are the Skanstes virsotnes – the needles of Skanste. Today there are...

Ziepniekkalns is a neighborhood of the city of Riga in the Zemgale district. The neighborhood is located a few kilometers west of the left bank of the Daugava River, the so called Pārdaugavā. In large parts, Ziepnikkalns is a district that was planned and built in the 1970s and 1980s. Older parts goes back to...

RB Rail which is responsible for the project management of the new train network Rail Baltica has signed two contracts covering the detail design phase as well as the monitoring phase. The Rail Baltica is the largest infrastructure project of the three Baltic States Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The high speed train network will connect...

The COVID-19 coronavirus now also significantly limits travel within the Schengen zone. The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have also largely closed off their borders. As a business traveler or tourist there is currently hardly any way to enter these countries. The information relates to the status of Sunday, March 15th, 2020 –...

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At the end of the 1980s, the people of the Baltic States no longer wanted to be east, but west. No longer beeing part of the Soviet Union, but of modern Europe. Since then, they have accomplished everything they set out to do. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now members of NATO, Schengen countries and have adopted the EURO. On the way to modernity, people have made some sacrifices. In particular, the small state of Latvia and the capital Rīga fascinates me again and again. This city has undergone a complete transformation from large industry to a banking and service location and is today the economic engine of Latvia and the Baltic States, the heartbeat of the region. Vilnius as the capital of Lithuania and Tallinn as the capital of Estonia are cities of my dreams too. On this website, under "Blog" and "Photos" you can go on virtual forays through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and see places that tourists rarely or never see. This website offers all this and much more, for example excursions into the history or stories from the business and politics of the Baltic States.